Color is what we see because of reflected light. Colors can be cool, warm, dull, or bright.
There is no color in the dark.
Take a look at the Colour Wheel
Shape
Shape is the area inside or outside of a line. They are 2-diamentional. Shapes can be free form/ irregular or geometric. Can be positive or negative.
Form
A form is any object you can see from many sides. Can be real or can be an illusion.
Value
Value is lightness or darkness of a hue.
Space
Space is the area between and around objects. Artists create space in varying degrees: decorative, shallow, flat, infinite and deep.
Texture
Texture is the look and feel of the surface. Can be smooth, rough, bumpy, soft.
Colours & Colour mixing
1st – 5th Grade Art Class:
Your choice of colours is very important when it comes to presenting a design or an idea. Survey results shows that very young children like bright, vibrant colours (reds, yellows and oranges etc...) whilst older people like more gentle or sophisticated colours and tones such as shades of blue. It is very important for a designer to understand the way colours are put together as this may help in the selection of the right colour scheme for a particular age group.
Primary Colours:
Primary colors are yellow, red, blue. These are the three 'starter' pigments and cannot be created using any other combination of colors, and that’s why they are called primary colours.
Secondary Colours:
Secondary colors are orange, purple, green. They are made by mixing two primary colors. Green is an example of a secondary colour, which is made by mixing yellow and blue. It's important to remember that to create secondary colours you need to start with true primary colours.
All other colors are created using various combinations of these primary and secondary colors.
Colour mixing is a matter of proportion. How much of each color that goes into the mix determines the outcome. It is always best to start your mix with the lightest of the pigments you are using, and add the others to it.
Colors will look different if you mix them on your paper rather than in your palette. Some artists like to only mix their colors on the paper, to give a blend while others like the control of color that mixing in the palette gives. You can experiment with both methods to find the way that suits you.
Are you interested in learning how to mix colours? Have you ever mixed red, blue and yellow paint to find out what new colours you get? Want to know how to create secondary colours? Now it's time to learn how!
MATERIALS: white drawing paper
water colour (paint)
brush
Towel / news paper/ paper tissue
water container and water
colour wheel (primary and secondary colours)
OBJECTIVES:
Students will...
review colour as a design element.
review primary colours.
use color as a design element.
mix identify primary colours to make secondary colours.
PROCEDURE:
Tell them colour is one of the elements of design and they are going to study different elements and principles of design later as the year goes on.
Talk about colours in general, Ask the children to name the colours they see in the class room. Ask questions such as:
What colours do you see in this picture?
What is your favourite colour?
Can you close your eyes and see if you can see any colours?
Who can tell me something about the colours? Name/ show me the Primary colours.
What if you are given only red, yellow and blue, Do you think you can make more colours from them?
Show the colour wheel, and revise Primary colours. Red, yellow and blue are called primary colours because they cannot be made by mixing any other colour, but from these three colours you can mix many colours. Tell them today they are going to mix and make new colours from the Primary colours which are called secondary colours.
(Demonstrate color mixing)
Go around making sure that children are experimenting with the mixing of all 3. (Optional: Demonstrate various shades of green, orange and purple by adding varying amounts of primary and secondary colours)
